The Jeffersons Florence's Mr. Right (2 of 3)

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Florence is all excited about her new bible thumping boyfriend Buzz Thatcher who is a devout Christian and insists on Florence leading a strict Christian life. When he proposes marriage she happily accepts. However, his religious attitudes give Louise a bad feeling about the whole thing. Meanwhile, an agency sends a new maid over and she proves to be a hard worker ... to the extreme.

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Unlike Norman Lear's other sitcoms; topical, political and edgy content was gradually phased out as the series progressed.

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In terms of number of seasons (11) and episodes (253), this is by far the longest airing All in the Family spin-off. In fact, The Jeffersons aired more seasons and episodes than All In The Family itself.

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Like her character Helen, Actress Roxie Roker has a white husband. During a casting interview, Roker was asked if she'd feel comfortable with her character being married to a white man. She responded by showing the producers a photo of her husband...(Rocker, Lenny Kravitz) father.

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Tom and Helen Willis were TV's first white and black interracial couple. Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz (Lucy and Ricky Ricardo) were TV's actual first interracial couple on I Love Lucy (1951.)

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Sherman Hemsley was the only actor to appear on all 253 episodes.

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Florence was originally intended to be a recurring cast member, but the character became so popular with fans, that the producers made Marla Gibbs a series regular.

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Marla Gibbs was given her own spin-off, Checking In, where Florence went to work as an executive at a hotel. As a precaution in case the show failed, Gibbs would be allowed to return to "The Jeffersons". Roseanna Christiansen was hired as Florence's replacement, Carmen. When the spin-off was canceled after four episodes, Gibbs returned to the show.

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Isabel Sanford found out the show was cancelled from a relative that called her, who had read it in a trade publication.

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Several CBS executives tried to get the interracial kiss between Tom and Helen Willis edited out, but executive producer Fred Silverman successfully lobbied to keep it in.

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Mike Evans who played the original Lionel left the role to work as a writer/producer on Good Times. When that show ended, he came back to the Jeffersons again.